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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016

Today is Friday, April 22, the 114th day of 2016. There are 252 days left in the year.1370 — Bastille begins being built in Paris France1500 — Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal1509 — Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England1526 — First slave revolt occurs in South Carolina1529 — Treaty of Saragosa Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere1648 — English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed1659 — Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament1662 — Royal Society incorporates1671 — King Charles II sits in on English parliament1677 — Battle at Catania between French & Dutch fleet

Apr 21, 2016

THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016

Today is Thursday, April 21, the 113th day of 2016. There are 253 days left in the year.1572 — France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant1654 — England & Sweden sign trade agreement1689 — William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England 1739 — Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord1785 — Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges1818 — Franz Grillparzer’s "Sappho" premieres in Vienna1828 — Noah Webster publishes first American dictionary1836 — Texas wins independence from Mexico1857 — Alexander Douglas patents the bustle1862 — Congress establishes U.S. Mint in Denver CO1865 — Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train leaves Washington1878 — New York installs first firehouse pole

Apr 20, 2016

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016

Today is Wednesday, April 20, the  112nd day of 2016. There are 254 days left in the year.1505 — Jews are expelled from Orange Burgundy by Philibert of Luxembourg1551 — John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal1650 — VOC-management sets new guidelines1653 — Cromwell routes English parliament to house1657 — Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet1715 — Nicholas Rowe’s "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London 1770 — Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales1775 — British begin siege of Boston1777 — New York adopts new constitution as an independent state

Apr 19, 2016

TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

Today is Tuesday, April 19, the 111th day of 2016. There are 255 days left in the year.1529 — Second Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism1591 — Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France1619 — Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam1713 — Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions1770 — Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname1770 — Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia1775 — Minutemen Captain John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon1775 — Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot “heard round the world”1782 — Netherlands recognizes U.S. 1825 — 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay

Apr 18, 2016

MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016

Today is Monday, April 18, the 110th day of 2016. There are 256 days left in the year.1599 — Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain1663 — Osman declares war on Austria1676 — Sudbury MA attacked by Indians1775 — Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"1797 — France & Austria sign cease fire1809 — First run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England834 — Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia1835 — William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British government1838 — Wilkes’ expedition to South Pole sails1839 — Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)1853 — First train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)

Apr 17, 2016

SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2016

Today is Saturday, April 16, the 108th  day of 2016. There are 258 days left in the year.1521 — Martin Luther arrives at Diet of Worms1632 — Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed supreme commander1705 — Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College1724 — First Easter observed1746 — Battle at Culloden Troops of "James VIII & III" defeat Charles Stuart1777 — Battle of Bennington-New England’s Green Mountain Boys rout British1787 — First American comedy “The Contrast” makes its debut in NYC1789 — George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration1818 — Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment (unarmed U.S.-Canada border)

Apr 15, 2016

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016

Today is Friday, April 15, the 107th day of 2016. There are 259 days left in the year.1471— Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick1536 — English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries1629 — England & France sign Peace of Susa1671 — Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin1756 — Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia Indians1775 — First abolitionist society in U.S. organizes in Philadelphia, Pa.1777 — New York adopts new constitution as an independent state1792 — France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars1799 — Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews

Apr 14, 2016

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2017

Today is Thursday, April 14, the 106th day of 2016. There are 260 days left in the year.1471 — Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick1536 — English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries1614 — Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe1629 — England & France sign Peace of Susa1671 — Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin1756 — Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia Indians1775 — First abolitionist society in US organizes in Philadelphia PA1777 — New York adopts new constitution as an independent state1792 — France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars

Apr 13, 2016

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016

Today is Wednesday, April 13, the 105th day of 2016. There are 261 days left in the year.1204 — Crusaders occupy Constantinople 1517 — Osmaanse army occupies Cairo1556 — Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope1598 — Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots1741 — Dutch people protest bad quality of bread1741 — Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich1759 — French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen1808 — William Henry Lane perfects the tap dance1829 — English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics

Apr 12, 2016

TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016

Today is Tuesday, April 12, the 104th day of 2016. There are 262 days left in the year.1776 — Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina1782 — Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies British fleet beats French1787 — Philadelphia’s Free African Society forms1811 — First U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment WA1826 — Weber’s opera “Oberon” premieres in London1844 — Texas became a U.S. territory1858 — First U.S. billiards championship is held in Detroit1859 — Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of San Francisco incorporates1869 — North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law1905 — French Dufaux brothers test helicopter1911 — First non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3 hours 56 minutes)

Apr 11, 2016

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